Jen Electronics SX-1000 Synthetone

The Synthetone SX-1000 is an old Italian basic mono-synth. It has a
single analog DCO with three waveforms: sawtooth, square, and PWM (Pulse
Width Modulation). There is an analog filter (12dB/octave) with cutoff,
resonance, and LFO modulation. There is also a simple ADSR envelope for
shaping your sounds. In addition there are also white/pink noise
generators a glide effect and a vibrato effect. It's known for fairly
stable tuning too. Probably its best sounds are the lead ones, the
basses aren't that deep but it sure can scream!

What it doesn't have is MIDI, CV/Gate or any other form of control. MIDI
retrofits can take care of this however. Unfortunately there is no patch
memory, and there is no way around this limitation. Its knobs are boldly
colored and well layed-out for easy hands-on access; but you'll need a
Polaroid camera if you want to store your patch settings! Also lacking
are an arpeggiator, sequencer, pitch/mod wheels, and effects.
Nevertheless, this Italian vintage synth is a very cheap entry-level
analog synth that has some unique sounds and characteristics worth
checking out if you find one. It's been used by Future Sound of
London, LFO, Nexus 21, Altern 8, Eskimos & Egypt, Fillmore, Man
Machine, Tim Simenon, Broadcast, Plone, Luke Vibert, Ladytron, Prodigy
and Herb Legowicz of Gusgus.

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